Lily's Crossing Plot Summary

Activity Overview

A plot diagram helps students keep track of the narrative arc and important moments in a novel. In this activity, students will create a visual plot diagram of Lily's Crossing. For each cell, have students create a scene that follows the story in sequence using: Title, Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.

Example Plot Diagram for Lily's Crossing

Exposition: Lily, her dad, and her grandmother live in Queens. Every summer they go to Rockaway Beach for vacation.

Rising Action: Lily’s best friend Margaret moves to Michigan, and her dad gets stationed in Europe.

Climax: Lily meets Albert. She tells Albert that they can swim to the nearby war ships and go to Europe to find his sister, Ruth, and her father.

Falling Action: Lily finds Albert trying to swim by himself to the ships, and is drowning.

Resolution: Lily saves his life and learns how horrible lying is. In time, Lily’s father returns, and Lily is reunited with Albert and Ruth.

Template and Class Instructions

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